Theater Resources Unlimited

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Welcome to Theater Resources Unlimited, a nonprofit organization created to help producers produce, emerging theater companies to emerge healthily and all theater professionals to understand and navigate the business of theater. Membership includes self-producing artists as well as career producers. Programs include monthly educational panels, Producer Boot Camp workshops, a play and musicals reading series, monthly programs for actor members, a Producer Mentorship program, a monthly community newsletter and much more.

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TRU Monthly Panels for producers (and self-producing artists)! Join us each month as we explore topics relevant to producers, theater companies, self-producing artists and anyone who is interested in the business of the arts. Thursday, December 17th at 7pm Cooking from Scratch: How a Producer Puts Together the Ingredients of a New Musical. - CLICK HERE. You'll also find NEW photos of the recent "Where Do I Belong?" panel. Plus photos of "Why Am I in Love with This Play?" panel and other previous panels. TOPICS NOW POSTED FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER! CLICK HERE Click here for photos of 2008 informational panels. We welcome Audience Extras as a sponsor of our 2009-10 Panel Series Read articles about previous TRU panels at The TRU Article.
The 2010 TRU Voices New Plays Series We will be open for submissions from 10/1/09 to 12/31/09. Click here for application. Click here for guidelines. For details and photos of 2009 series, click here The 2009 TRU Voices New Musicals Series Monday evening December 14: The Thing About Joe Tuesday evening December 15: Ripped! Monday evening December 21: The Arresting Dilemma of Mr K Click here for details. Click here for web page with guidelines Click here to download printable Guidelines & Application as a pdf
TRU PRODUCER BOOT CAMPS (WRITERS, TOO) Saturday January 23rd, 2010, 11am to 6pm: "Raising Money for Theater: How, When and Who to Ask" Click here for details of 2009 (previous) workshop. Curriculum will be essentially the same in 2010, speakers may change. Email TRUnltd@aol.com to be put on pre-registration list and guaranteed a spot. Saturday-Sunday June 10-11, 2010, 10am to 6pm: "Weekend Intensive for Showcase Producers" Click here for details of 2009 workshop. Curriculum will be essentially the same in 2010, speakers may change. Email TRUnltd@aol.com to be put on pre-registration list and guaranteed a spot. Previous... Saturday October 10th, 2009, 11am to 6pm: "Pitching & Presentation Skills for Writers & Producers" Taught by Jane Petrov and Roy Havrilack of Skytown Entertainment. Click here for details of workshop. Click here for application. CHECK BACK FOR THE NEXT DATE OF THIS GREAT WORKSHOP! Saturday October 24th, 2009, noon to 6pm ... "Practical Playwriting: How to Write for Commercial Production" Taught by Diana Amsterdam and others. Click here for details of workshop. Click here for application.
TRU PROGRAMS FOR ACTORS Two FREE seminars for actor members Tuesday 11/4 at 7pm: How to Get and Keep an Agent with Lisa Gold Tuesdayt 11/17 at 7pm: Cold Readings and Audition Technique with Karenb Koholhaas Click here for details TRU Actor Resource Night and "Speed Date" October Speed Date featured casting directors Judy Bowman, Cahill Connolly plus 9 other great resources. Check back for next Spoeed Date, in January. Click here for the details of the July '09 Speed Date. See photos and info about previous Resource Night and Speed Date - Click here! 2010 TRU COMBINED AUDITION EVENT: 3/27-28, 2010 To see the full list of 2009 auditors, click here Click here for 2009 details. Application period will open February 1, 2010 for TRU members, February 15th for non-members. Click here to meet our 2009 sponsors!	"TRU ART OF THE PITCH: The Writer-Producer Speed Date" - Sunday 2/21/10 - submissions accepted on an ongoing basis A chance to meet and pitch your project to 11 real producers. The 9/13 Speed Date included 4-time Tony winner Stewart Lane, Robert Blume, Sharon Carr, Paul Adams of Emerging Artists Theatre. Click here for lineup of 9/13 producers. We accept applications on an ongoing basis. Next Speed Date will be Sunday 2/21/10. Click here for the application in Word format. Click here for application as a PDF. Email application to TRUnltd@aol.com Click here for details of June '09 event. We had a dozen great producers lined up, including Jean Cheever & Tom Polum (The Toxic Avenger, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Woodie King Jr. and Cheryl Wiesenfeld (Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, Legally Blonde).
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us! Click for the photos! 2009 TRU Love Benefit at Caroline's on Broadway, 11/8 honoring Elysabeth Kleinhans of 59E59 Theatres and Allan Buchman of Culture Project. Joanna Gleason, Fisher Stevens, Jenny Powers, Nancy Anderson and others. Sunday 11/8, noon to 4pm. CLICK HERE for a page full of photos of this year's benefit! CLICK HERE for a page full of photos of last year's benefit! For photos of the 2007 TRU Love Benefit at Sardi's honoring Cheryl Wiesenfeld click here (with Elaine Stritch)
You can join TRU online and use your credit card or PayPal account. You can also send a tax-deductible donation or buy an LED flashing "I'm a TRU BELIEVER!" heart pendant! The 2009 TRU Resource Directory for Actors & Producers is on sale - Click here to visit the TRU Online Store.
"I've greatly benefited this year from my TRU membership. I've thoroughly enjoyed and learned from the panels, and I eagerly anticipate the bi-monthly newsletter. You have somehow made the unobtainable (gigs, productions, etc.) accessible." ~ Jessica Feder-Birnbaum, Playwright/Teaching Artist
Check out our Online Newsletter An archive of resources, services and offers for the performing arts community, including many discounts. Want the latest listings of Job Opportunities, Casting Calls, Writers Opportunities, Living Situations, Goods and Services, discounted Theater Events and much more? Click here to sign up for the TRU Update. Or email us at trunltd@aol.com and use the subject header "Update Me!" PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND WHAT YOU DO (ACTOR, PRODUCER, ETC.) And your city/zip code. We cannot sign you up without that info.	Be a TRU friend ... become a dues-paying member of Theater Resources Unlimited and help us to support the community with our programs: the TRU Voices Play Reading and Musicals Reading Series, Producer Mentorship, The TRU Audition Event, scholarships to the Commercial Theater Institute, monthly panels and much more. Download the application and read more about the benefits. Want to pay for your membership online? By credit card? Click here to visit the TRU Online Store.

We gratefully thank the sponsors of the 2009 TRU Audition Event!
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